Provincial Rugby: Munster
17 May, 10:16
Anthony Foley has signed a contract extension to remain as Munster forwards coach for next season, the province have confirmed.
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14 May, 23:44
Munster have announced that their current squad captain Doug Howlett will retire from professional rugby at the end of the season.
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10 May, 16:49
The annual Munster Rugby Awards, in association with the Irish Independent, took place in Cork's Maryborough Hotel today with eleven awards presented to worthy recipients involved in domestic and professional rugby across the province.
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10 May, 13:13
Munster Rugby today announced that they will be establishing their main squad training centre at the University of Limerick.
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Munster Match Reports & Previews
3 May, 21:15
Munster, fielding a team dominated by young, up and coming players, brought the curtain down on their season with a gutsy 27-25 win over Zebre at the Stadio XXV Aprile in Parma.
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3 May, 11:38
Some of Munster's emerging players have been tasked with securing a final league victory for the province in Parma tonight, as they look to quickly get over their semi-final exit from the Heineken Cup.
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27 Apr, 18:40
Munster's brave bid to derail Clermont Auvergne's march to their first Heineken Cup title fell short in a cagey semi-final in Montpellier.
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26 Apr, 22:08
The first of this weekend's Heineken Cup semi-finals is a fascinating meeting of one of the tournament's most successful sides, two-time winners Munster, and new pretenders to the crown, French powerhouses Clermont Auvergne. Can Paul O'Connell and his team-mates rip up the form book once again?
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26 Apr, 21:30
British & Irish Cup champions Munster 'A' were dethroned by their provincial rivals Leinster 'A' after a hard-fought semi-final tussle at Dooradoyle on Friday night.
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19 Apr, 21:17
A youthful Munster side showed plenty of character as they came from 19-5 down at half-time to be within eight minutes of victory at Rodney Parade. However, a late surge - including a 75th minute try from Ross Wardle - saw the Dragons finish on top.
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19 Apr, 12:20
Some of Munster's up-and-coming players have been tasked with giving the province a winning lead-in to next week's Heineken Cup semi-final against Clermont Auvergne. But amongst the squad to take on the Dragons tonight is retiring prop Marcus Horan, who is in the final weeks of a long and rewarding professional career.
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13 Apr, 20:35
The returning Brian O'Driscoll scored the match-winning try for Leinster in a bruising RaboDirect PRO12 battle with Munster on Saturday night.
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| RaboDirect PRO12 Table |
Pos
|
| Team
| P
| W
| D
| L
| Pts
|
|---|
| 4 |  | Scarlets | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 66 |
| 5 |  | Ospreys | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 62 |
| 6 |  | Munster | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 54 |
| 7 |  | Treviso | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 50 |
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| Heineken Cup Pool |
Pos
|
| Team
| P
| W
| D
| L
| Pts
|
|---|
| 1 |  | Saracens | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| 2 | | Munster | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 |  | Racing Métro | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 |  | Edinburgh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
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| British & Irish Cup (Munster A) |
Pos
|
| Team
| P
| W
| D
| L
| Pts
|
|---|
| 1 | | Munster A | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| 2 |  | Titans | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 |  | Plymouth | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 |  | Aberavon RFC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
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